Sure, a simple definition of piece is a "a pipe which pot is
smoked from", but that leaves so much more to be desired to understand the
connotations that surround this world. Generally, pipes which earn the
title of being a "piece", are crazy colored glass
affairs, sport a carb, and have a nice shallow bowl, so not to much ash builds
up. It should be noted, for those who don't deal with pot on more then a
semi-regular basis, that a piece is never a bong.
But, back to the drug community, a piece is something to proud of.
No lie.
Within any drug community, even poorer ones, everyone has their own
piece, and everyone is always proud of it. Even teens from low-income families,
from the poorer side of a town, will drop upwards of
one hundred dollars on these hunks of glass, and be eternally
proud of it.
That's just crazy.